Laura Tidball's List: FRENCH RESOURCES

French Culture - official website of the French Cultural Services in the United States. Many great links!

The World Speaks French website

LanguageGuide.org offers free sound integrated resources for learning languages. These resources are developed collaboratively with the help of volunteers. It is sponsored by Language Guide, a registered non-profit organization. Pictorial Vocabulary Guides
Learning the thousands of words needed to be comfortable in a language is a great challenge. The vocabulary guides are in essence virtual worlds. Users visit different parts of this world (i.e. insects, the family, the farm). They can then place their cursor over any of the images and hear their names pronounced and see them spelled out. In some pages, a notepad is displayed next to the title. Placing the cursor over this notepad will reveal a list of supplementary vocabulary .



Grammar Guides
So far introductory grammar guides have been developed for French and Spanish ( audio hasn't been fully integrated yet). Users of these guides, can hear the pronunciation of sentences and words by placing the cursor over them. The guides also feature interactive audio based quizzes as well as additional features. We eventually hope to sponsor the creation of guides for all the world's major languages.

Interactive Readings
The interactive readings help users develop comprehension skills by allowing him or her hear the reading of a text, maneuver within the sound track and rehear difficult phrases, as well as see the text of what is being read. In addition, the readings allow students to build vocabulary and develop reading skills. Right now only readings for learning French are available but we hope to eventually create extensive readings in different languages, tailored for different levels of fluency. For an example of a reading see Chère Maman, cher Papa (dear mother, dear father).

This Ning is for anyone interested in Conversing, Maintaining, Enjoying, Promoting, Discovering French, and those who speak it, in New York.

The world languages map shows you the most spoken language on each continent. It is a great language learning resource for the wall of your classroom, office or home. PDF available to display on your website.

Many sites about France give facts and information. This site does that too - with a plus. You'll get an insider's view of the Franco - American scene : working in Paris, tips about food, what's new, etc.. All these and much more from a Franco- American couple in Paris. Bienvenue! © Philippe Rochefort

CONJUGATING VERBS PRACTICE- huge list of sites with practice activities

France Today and France-Amérique are proud to present the Travel Study Guide 2009, filled with the essential advice and information you need to survive and thrive on your trip to one of the most beautiful countries in the world…

Info addressing usefulness of learning to speak French.

PowerPoints! already made for French and Spanish various topics

Rand McNally online resources for teaching geography

HCC Conjugations Back Our goal at TeacherTube.com is to provide an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos. Upload your lesson plan videos or watch student video lessons at our website.

Journal Excerpts Learning FL Scholarly Articles Foreign Language Learning

World history, countries and continents, foreign languages.
Free resources from Federal Govt

The Contextualized Speaking Assessment (CoSA) is part of the Minnesota Language Proficiency Assessments (MLPA) battery of instruments developed for the purpose of certifying the second language proficiency of secondary and post-secondary students.

The CoSA is a test of oral proficiency at the Intermediate-Low level of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. It is modeled on the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and the Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI) developed and disseminated by the Center for Applied Linguistics.

The CoSA, like the SOPI, is a tape-mediated instrument requiring students to listen to a master cassette while recording their responses on a second cassette. Individuals taking the test need only a quiet area and two tape recorders. The test can also be administered to large groups in a language lab or large room, such as an auditorium, library, or cafeteria. In the language lab, the master cassette is played on the console and student responses are recorded at individual stations. In settings where a language lab is not available, test takers are provided individual recorders and are spread out in a large space where they will not disturb each other during the test. The master cassette is then played over a public address system or a large tape player.
The CoSA has several important differences from the OPI and the SOPI:

* The CoSA certifies proficiency at one level of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. The CoSA model is thus the most efficient choice in situations where it is necessary to establish that the speaker's performance meets a minimal criterion, such as for fulfilling a graduation requirement or as a criterion for placement in postsecondary intermediate level course sequences. CoSAs at various proficiency levels are currently proposed for development to meet a variety of purposes, such as immersion program standards, fulfillment of language requirements at postsecondary institutions, minimum standards for language majors, and so on.

* The CoSA requires litt